Reinosa

Coordinates: 43°0′7″N 4°8′16″W / 43.00194°N 4.13778°W / 43.00194; -4.13778
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Reinosa
Municipality
Church of San Sebastián (16th century).
Church of San Sebastián (16th century).
UTC+2 (CEST)
Official language(s)Spanish
WebsiteOfficial website

Reinosa is a municipality in

King Alfonso XIII in 1927, being one of only three urban centres in Cantabria with that honour, the others being Santander and Torrelavega
.

History

The first documents mentioning the town date back to the year 1000, when it was divided into four solars by Sancho García, the Count of Castile.[2] By 1404, it was emerging as the main town of the region and was organised into seven Hermandades, military units aimed at retaining law and order. The procurators of these brotherhoods met once a month with the Corregidor to organise the town's affairs.

In 1497, Prince John, son of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon met his affianced wife Margaret of Austria here, the meeting or marriage ceremony probably taking place in La Casa de las Princesas.[3]

In 1517

King Alfonso XII.[4]

Geography

Reinosa is the largest town in this area of Cantabria and is on the main railway line and located close to the A67 motorway. The town contains a number of hotels and restaurants, and Montesclaros High School is located here. The source of the River Ebro is in the village of Fontibre where a stream emerges from the ground 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the town; a large artificial lake Embalse del Ebro was created in the Franco era by damming the river just below Reinosa.[5] This is one of the largest reservoirs in northern Spain and is mainly filled in spring as a result of the melting of the winter snow in the mountains. The lake is the uppermost of many reservoirs on the Ebro.[6]

Twin towns

  • Spain Deltebre, Spain, located at the mouth of the Ebro River.

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Amadó, Ramón Ruiz. "Castile and Aragon." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908.
  3. ISBN 978-84-89851-21-4
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  4. ISBN 978-84-89851-21-4
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  5. ISBN 978-1-86011-395-6
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  6. ^ "Centro de Visitantes del Embalse del Ebro". Cantabria: Visitors Centres Southern Cantabria. Tripadvisor. Retrieved 2015-09-05.

External links

Plaza de España with the Ayuntamiento of the town.
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